DAVIS v. R.K.O. RADIO PICTURES

No. 14262.

191 F.2d 901 (1951)

DAVIS v. R.K.O. RADIO PICTURES, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

October 18, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tralles, Hoffmeister & Gilpin, Fred J. Hoffmeister and Fred C. Schillinger, all of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief, for appellant.

James A. Finch, Cape Gerardeau, John H. Lashly and Lashly, Lashly, & Miller, all of St. Louis, Mo., and Finch & Finch, Cape Gerardeau, Mo., on brief, for appellee.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and WOODROUGH and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


GARDNER, Chief Judge.

This was an action brought by appellant against appellee to recover damages for distributing and exhibiting an allegedly libelous motion picture. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court. As only a fragment of the testimony is preserved in this record it seems important to consider what facts were admitted by the pleadings.

It was alleged in plaintiff's complaint that...

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